Magellan: Elcano

Players act as ship captains competing to claim valuable ocean goods by bidding with cards. Each player manages an identical 15-card personal deck, holds a changing hand, and simultaneously builds up to three color piles (red, blue, green) by playing cards that show two color values on opposite ends; players may rotate cards to choose which color value to contribute. Rounds resolve color by color: the highest total in a color claims the revealed ocean card of that color while losers retrieve their played cards. Ties cause no claim. After resolution, players draw and new ocean cards are revealed; play continues until personal decks are exhausted and claimed goods are totaled to determine the winner.

Players: 2–5 best 4
Playing time: 15–30 min
Age: 7+
Complexity: 1.3 / 5